Combination-check.



M. DALY, COMBINATION CHECK APPLICATION FILED FEB. 8,19l6- Patented Apr. 30, 1918.

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COMBINATION-GHEO1Q neonate.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3d, 1313.

original application filed June 12, 1915, Serial No. 33,690. Patent No. 1,186,382, dated June 6, 1916.

Divided and this application filed FebruaryB, 1916. Serial No. 77,028.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatl, MICHAEL DALY, a citizen of the United States of America, resid ing at Collinsville, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Checks, of which the following a Specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to miners checks and has for its object the production of a simple and eliicient check which may be carried by the miner and attached to the car in order that a proper record may be kept of the amount of work done by any particular miner.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will appear throughout the following specification and claim.

The present application is a division from the application Serial Number 33,690.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a front elevation of a series of tickets or checks arranged in the manner in which they are printed.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of one of the tags or tickets, showing the date printed or stamped thereon.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of a portion of a series of tickets or checks wherein the combination turn and serial numbers are dissimilar.

By referrin to the drawing it will be seen that 1 designates the body of the check which is preferably printed on a long slip arranged in any desired manner such for instance as in a roll so as to permit the checks to be easily torn apart and allow the miner to readily attach the same to a car. The several tickets or checks 1 are separated by means of a perforated line 2 extending transversely of the main strip 3 illustrated in the drawing. An aperture 1 is formed at the top of each check 1, and the word Combination is printed below this aperture 1. The words Miners check are also printed near the bottom of the check, designating that the present check illustrated is a combination miners check, thereby meaning that it is a check to designate. the number assigned to any particular miner or employee, and also the number of cars which he has loaded. The words Turn cars are printed upon the check 1 between the words Combination and Miners check as indicated upon the drawing, and

the numeral designating the number of cars which have been loaded is printed between the words Turn and Cars and is prefcrably printed in red to allow the number of the cars which have been loaded by the number as a designation of the employee to Whom the tags have been assigned. Each of the tags are nui'nbered from 1 to the de sired amount upon the bottom of the tag. The designating number or key number 137 is preferably printed in heavy black type, whereas the car number is printed in red or other designating color to allow the same to be readily distinguished.

It should be understood that the numbers appearing upon the bottom of the tickets reading 1, 2, 3, 4i, and 5, are the designating numbers of the tickets or tags, as it is desirous of having each tag numbered. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the tags may have the date stamped or printed thereon by the miner or check-way man so that a record may be kept as to the number of cars which are loaded by a workman each day. This stamp designating th date upon which the car is loaded may either be placed upon the rear or front of the tag according to the desire of the person using the same.

it of course should be understood that the combination turn and serial numbers may be dissimilar such as is illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing, wherein theserial number upon the tags appear 51 and 52 and the combination turn numbers appear 1 and 2. It of course should be understood that the number at the bottom of the tag may vary from the numbers of the combination turn and may run from one to any desired number as previously stated.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, is

As a new article of manufacture, a combination check for use by miners in keeping account of cars loaded, comprising a strip of material divided into a series of checks by means of a plurality of transversely extending perforations, said tags being consecutively numbered to permit the number of cars loaded to be determined, each check also having a number placed thereon giving the number of the miner, each tag being numbered consecutively indicating the number of the tag, and each tag being dated upon the reverse side thereof to designate the date of issue of the tag and to permit a record to be kept as to the number of cars loaded since the issuance of 'the tags, and each tag being provided with an aperture formed in one end thereof. 0

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

MICHAEL DALY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

